StarCraft 2 Articles

DreamHack Bucharest enters Ro64

<p>32 players have been trimmed from the Bucharest line-up. The survivers of the first group stage now enter the second one, where they will meet the higher seeded participants.</p>

Code S Ro16 groups drawn, league returns Sept 23

<p>Today, the sixteen remaining Code S participants were distributed to their respective groups following the long-time drawing tradition. The tournament will resume in ten days&#39; time as it takes a short break for DreamHack Bucharest and the first round of Code A matches.</p>

The return of the law?

<p>The final day of Ro32 came to deliver one final upset for this group stage in the elimination of Season 2 champion Bomber.</p>

Rain, KangHo on to Round of 16

<p>When almost every other group in the Ro32 could be considered an obscure thing to predict,&nbsp;Group G was quite an easy one.</p>

WCS Europe S3: The fall of fan favorites

<p>In the culling of Ro32 Group D, both Lucifron and Grubby fell down to challenger, kissing their chances for a Blizzcon seed goodbye.</p>

Man against mentors: Axiom-Acer vs SouL, GSTL week 2

<p>As the second week of GSTL resumed, the joint roster of Axiom-Acer were feeling eager to score another all-kill or at least send Innovation against his former masters.</p>

SC2L down to three teams as Axiom taste elimination

<p>Two more playdays are left before the conclusion of the StarCraft 2 League. Today, Team Liquid meet EG in the winner&#39;s final, the loser dropping down to play Acer.&nbsp;</p>

America Season 3 groups announced, league returns mid September

<p>America&#39;s premier league returns mid-September, starting with Group A on the 17th. Polt, Revival, Sage and HyuN will give start to the last season.</p>

Blizzard/NetEase sponsor WCG China '13, prize pool doubled

<p>Blizzard and NetEase will be the official sponsors of this year&#39;s WCG China nationals, which are to start October 11th. As a result, the prize pool for the top three finishers will be doubled, up to 90,000 CNY (approx. $14,700).&nbsp;</p>

Bisu announces retirement

<p>The legendary player&nbsp;Kim&nbsp;&quot;Bisu&quot;&nbsp;Taek Yong will be leaving professional StarCraft 2 after an eight-year career in eSports. Known in the SC community as the Revolutionist, Bisu will now be taking his mandatory military service.</p>

Week's best VODs: September 1-7

<p>With the competition across all three games getting back on track after some emotional circuit finals, so does our &quot;Week&#39;s best VODs&quot;. Hop on to see VP&#39;s new roster debut, Naniwa and ForGG in explosive PvT and TSM suffering a brutal beating at the Summer split finals.</p>

Samsung acquires MVP LoL rosters, SC2 squad left behind

<p>Inven.co.kr reported today that Samsung have acquired both League of Legends rosters of MVP and will be renaming their eSports division to &quot;Samsung Galaxy Pro-Game Team&quot;. Neither the StarCraft 2, nor the Dota 2 roster of MVP will be flowing into the Samsung brand.</p>